The Edmonton District Labour Council and Municipal Politics 1903-1906
CCF: The Original Western Canadian Reform Movement
The Origins and Traditions of Mayday
Memories of the IWW by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Web Edition, editor Eugene W. Plawiuk, web design by Donalda Cassel
Other articles by E.W. Plawiuk on labour history can be found at
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History of the General Strike.
The Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Centre will present "Stolen Dreams: portraits of the world's working children", November 7 to April 16 at the Centre, 51 Stuart Street, Hamilton, Ontario. The exhibition includes contemporary photographs by Dr. David L Parker and Canadian historical images of child labor. A reception and preview will be held November 6 as part of the fourth annual Sam Lawrence Celebration. Phone 905-522-3003 for ticket information.
Biography celebrates folklorist Helen Creighton
Creighton collected and helped promote some of the earliest sound recordings in existence of African Canadian, Micmac, Acadian and Gaelic material. But Clary Croft says some of her critics felt her focus may have been misguided. "For instance, she was afraid of songs of the labour movement that was a personal bias of hers therefore she didn't collect them," says Croft. "Today, a contemporary folklorist working in the field today may say 'Although I don't agree with the Klu Klux Klan I will go an interview people for their folklore information' and it's for these kinds of things she's been criticized." Although Croft agrees with this criticism to a point, he says this shouldn't diminish Helen Creighton's work.
Museum answers critics with exhibit on bloody 1919 strike
The Canadian Museum of Civilization, criticized for ignoring some of Canada's unpleasant historic events, has opened an exhibit dealing with one of the ugliest confrontations in the country's history. With the help of $50,000 from the Canadian Labour Congress, the museum launched two "social progress" exhibits yesterday -- a recreation of Meeting Room No. 10, used by unions during the bloody Winnipeg general strike of 1919, and a companion Web site devoted to Canadian labour history.
CHILD LABOR SUBJECT OF EXHIBIT
The Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Centre will present "Stolen Dreams: portraits of the world's working children", November 7 to April 16 at the Centre, 51 Stuart Street, Hamilton, Ontario. The exhibition includes contemporary photographs by Dr. David L Parker and Canadian historical images of child labor. A reception and preview will be held November 6 as part of the fourth annual Sam Lawrence Celebration. Phone 905-522-3003 for ticket information.
Business leaders on mission for Canadian history Bronfman brainchild
"The Labour Stamp: The Image of the Worker on Canadian Postage Stamps,"
Labour / Le Travail 39 (spring 1997), pp. 179-194.
1969 police strike left city in chaos
Thirty years ago, on Oct. 7, 1969, Montreal police walked off the job in an illegal strike and for 17 hours violence reigned as a wave of lawlessness swept the city.
Canadian Journal of History Annales canadiennes d'histoire
Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du canada
Call for papers 79th ANNUAL MEETING of the CHA May 27 - 29, 2000 Edmonton, Alberta he Canadian Historical Association will travel to the campus of the University of Alberta in Edmonton for its 79th annual meeting, May 27 - 29, 2000. Most of the sessions will be held on the main campus, although a number of activities will take place at the Faculté St-Jean which provides an energetic French-language environment for the Congress.
Canadian Sociology and
Anthropology Association
CSAA Annual Meeting
University of Alberta May 28-31, 2000
In Solidarity We Stand---150th Anniversary of Canada's Oldest Union
On behalf of the Executive and membership of Local 273, we are pleased to welcome you all to the 150th anniversary website for Saint John Longshoremen. Our anniversary is a momentous event; commemorating the fact that 150 years ago, Saint John longshoremen formed the very first trade union in our nation's history. The St. John Labourer's Benevolent Association was not only the first trade union in Canada, but also the first longshoring union in all of North America. Those facts are indisputable.
The Canadian Auto Workers The Birth and Transformation of a Union An Online History
This illustrated history of the Canadian Auto Workers by Sam Giden provides a profile of the CAW as well as the labour and social movements it helped shape. Part of the U.S. based United Auto Workers for fifty years, the CAW split from the UAW in 1985 to become the diverse and powerful union it is today.
The United Steelworkers in Canada: A Story of Struggle, Growth, and Evolution
Online history of the USWA
Canadian Railroad Historical Association
The Social Impact of Industrialization
History 130- Lecture notes, 11February, 1997.© 1997 Larry Hannant
Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920
History of the Kingston, Ontario Labour Movement
Labour in Calgary and Southern Alberta
Labour Studies Athabasca University
Canadian Committee on Labour History - CCLH
Guide to Canadian Labour History Resources
National Library of Canada
Canadian Lesbian and Gay History Archives
The Social Impact of Industrialization
History 130- Lecture notes, 11February, 1997.© 1997 Larry Hannant
Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920
Annotated Bibliography of Chartism.
Canada Post unveils Frontier College stamp at University of Toronto
Education for All, Frontier College 1899-1999 Issue Date: September 24, 1999
Labour of Love by Buzz Hargrove
Hargrove is President of the Canadian Auto Workers’ union, the largest private sector union in the country. A former auto worker himself, he rose through the ranks to become the CAW’s National President. He had never written a book, but friends and colleagues convinced him to write Labour of Love. They argued that as a progressive labour leader, he had a unique and valuable perspective on the struggle against the corporate agenda. It’s a perspective that includes a critical look at the NDP, and raises the possibility of a new political grouping that more effectively represents working people.
"Dramatic changes took place in the American labor movement in the 1930s. Most of the significant legislation affecting labor unions now was passed during the New Deal. What conditions led to the formation of industrial unions? What shape are they in at the end of the century? Join in the exploration of American labor history on the web."
IRA BERLIN MODERATES A WEB FORUM
ON TEACHING SLAVERY
Starting October 1, 1999, Ira Berlin will moderate an open discussion on teaching slavery on the
HISTORY MATTERS Web site
From the "Browse" page select "Talking History" then select "Slavery" under Fall 1999 Forums
Professor Berlin will answer questions about teaching slavery and lead a discussion on this topic among participants. The discussion will focus particularly on how approaches to teaching about slavery in the standard U.S. history survey course and suggestions for resources or strategies.
H-Net subscribers can participate in the forum from the Web site or via e-mail as part of a listserve. To subscribe to the listserve go to the web site and select "Join or leave list."
HISTORY MATTERS: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web is a new site that serves as a gateway to the Web for teachers of the U.S. History Survey course. It provides high school and college teachers (and their students) a starting point for exploring American history on the Web, a large number of first-person historical documents for use in the classroom, and a range of teaching resources (sample syllabi, teaching assignments, and forums, for example).
A project of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning of the City University of New York and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. This forum is sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities.
The HISTORY MATTERS Web site was created with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The site is an in-progress prototype that will grow as our resources permit.
An Eclectic List of Events in U.S. Labor History
Observations of Life in Lower Manhattan at the Turn of the Century
History of the Irish in New York
On Line Exhibition at the Museum of New York
1830's English working class weekly magazine
The Life of the Industrial Worker in 19th-Century England
Social History of life in Victorian England
H-LABOR FACTORY SPIES IN THE LATE 19TH TO MID 20TH CENTURIES
Labor and the Workers search for Power
The Rise of Organized Labor from 1875 to 1925
Book Review of Kim Voss; The Making of American Exceptionalism
International Labor and Working-Class History The Journal
Wayne University
WWW Virtual Library Site
Home Page Illinois Labour History Society
The Internationale is the Great Anthem of the working class. Here are some links as well as versions of the original poem and song.
Modern version of the Internationale
ANC Version including a version in Zulu
A Musical version of the Internationale available here
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